Cast and Creative Teams Set for Two World Premieres at Denver Center Theatre Company
Cowboys and East Indians will feature Sadithi De Zilva, Minita Gandhi and more.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Dec. 09, 2025
?The Denver Center Theatre Company has revealed the full casting and creative teams for the world premiere productions of Cowboys and East Indians by Nina McConigley and Matthew Spangler, and Godspeed by Terence Anthony. Both world premiere productions were first introduced to audiences as readings at the 2024 Colorado New Play Summit.
The DCPAccess reduced price ticket on sale for Cowboys and East Indians and Godspeed will take place on Tuesday, January 6 at noon
Cowboys and East Indians will feature Sadithi De Zilva (Let's Talk About Anything Else, The Flea Theater) as Lakshmi “Lucky” Sen, Minita Gandhi (Arabian Nights, Lookingglass Theatre) as Chitra Sen, Shawn K. Jain (2nd Murderer, The Flea) as Rajah Sen, Christopher Kelly (Tomorrow in the Battle, Stageworks/Hudson) as Richard Larson, and Shannan Steele (Hamlet, DCPA) as Nancy Larson.
Cowboys and East Indians will be directed by Chris Coleman (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCPA) with scenic design by Chika Shimizu (Soft Power, Signature Theatre), costume design by Meghan Anderson Doyle (Hamlet, DCPA), lighting design by Amith Chandrashaker (Prayer for the French Republic, Broadway), original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones (Hamlet, DCPA), voice and dialect coaching by Pavithra Prasad (DCPA debut), dramaturgy by Leean Kim Torske (The Suffragette's Murder, DCPA), psychodramaturgy by Barbara Hort, PhD (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCPA), casting by Grady Soapes, CSA (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCPA), and stage management by Elizabeth Ann Goodman (Misery, Broadway) and Harper Hadley (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCPA).
Cowboys and East Indians is the recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.
Godspeed will feature CG (“Queer as Folk” on Peacock) as Godspeed, Khiry Walker (Sally and Tom, Public Theatre) as Jacob/Pettus/Felix, Christopher Halladay (In Masks Outrageous & Austere, Off-Broadway) as Nelson Bendy, Zurin Villanueva (Murder Mystery 2 on Netflix) as Mama Zo/Lucinda Tanner, Erica Cruz Hernández (Skirball, Off-Broadway) as Peklai Cobos, Colton Pratt (Sense and Sensibility, Theatreworks) as Benjamin Mauck, and Gareth Saxe (The Suffragette’s Murder, DCPA) as John Bendy/Kent.
Godspeed will be directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg (Deceived, Old Globe Theatre), scenic design by Tanya Orellana (Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, DCPA), costume design by Nicole Jescinth Smith ("The Chair Company” on HBO), lighting design by Charles R. MacLeod (Little Shop of Horrors, DCPA), sound design by Noel Nichols/Uptown Works (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, DCPA), dramaturgy by Arminda Thomas (The Renaissance Mixtape, Apollo Victoria Theatre), fight direction by Samantha Egle (Rubicon, DCPA), voice and dialect coaching by Nathan Crocker (Ain’t Too Proud, National Tour/Pre-Broadway), casting by Grady Soapes, CSA (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, DCPA) and Amber Snead, CSA of Murnane Casting (The Hot Wing King, DCPA), and stage management by Chandra R.M. Anthenill (One of the Good Ones, Old Globe Theatre) and Malia Stoner (A Christmas Carol, DCPA).
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